Keep in mind that at the moment this only applies to commercial beers, not homebrew. There's a long way to go and it's a slow process, but things are looking up.

Yeah. It said somewhere in the article something like "just like UPS and FedEx" and officially, those guys only ship from licensed commercial shippers. There's a ways to go before we can legally ship homebrew to comps via USPS.

I hope they do find a way to save the post office. I really can't imagine this country without it's postal system.

Paul

The only way I think it would be cheaper is if it will fit in one of the flat rate boxes (or depending on the area shipping to the regional rate boxes). When I ship packages if it is over about 7-8 pounds it is always cheaper to ship UPS/fedex unless it fits in flat rate or falls under media mail.

I'd much rather ship beer USPS, they generally can move boxes across the country in 2-3 days vs Fedex/UPS Ground taking 6-8 days